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TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

Hill farmers in troubled waters
 Government control is choking traditional irrigation systems in Uttarakhand
Mussoorie, January 27
 Farmers of Uttarakhand are feeling the pinch with hill agriculture being hit by inadequate irrigation and winter rains. Increased governmental control over water resources and change in the mindset of rural communities are responsible for the breakdown of traditional irrigation systems.
The traditional network of small canals which tap the water from rivulets for irrigation purposes in hills
The traditional network of small canals which tap the water from rivulets for irrigation purposes in hills. A Tribune photograph

Coca Cola offers help
Dehradun, January 27
 Soft drink giant Coca Cola last summer had offered to extend its assistance to the state in reviving its fast-vanishing traditional water sources. Praveen Aggarwal, Coca Cola India Limited's General Manager, who attended a "Colloquium on Water Conservation" organised by the CII at part of its water conservation efforts in Dehradun in May, has offered all assistance to Uttarakhand in revival of its traditional water sources.



EARLIER EDITIONS


Surmani Agni’s 60-hour sargam
Dehradun, January 27
 Surmani Agni Verma 0n Sunday created a record by playing the sitar non-stop for 60 hours. He broke the record held by Shambhu Das, a resident of Toronto, who played the sitar non-stop for 24 hours in 2004.




Surmani Agni Verma playing the sitar at Dehradun. A Tribune photo

 Surmani Agni Verma playing the sitar at Dehradun

Spinning a tale of success
Dehradun, January 27
 The Angora wool promotion programme is set to begin in tribal predominant regions of Uttarakhand - Pithoragarh, Chamoli, Uttarakashi, Tehri and Chakrata. The new assignment comes in the wake of the Himalayan Institute For Environment, Ecology and Development’s success in setting up of similar units in Chamba and Thauldhar areas of Tehri Garhwal under its recently completed Angora Wool Development Project which has changed the lives of many persons in the backward Tehri district.

Volunteers knit Angora sweaters

A village woman works on a handloom

(Left) Volunteers knit Angora sweaters; and a village woman works on a handloom. Tribune photos


Sweet liberty
A vendor sells sweets arranged in the colours of the Tricolour on Republic Day in Dehradun
A vendor sells sweets arranged in the colours of the Tricolour on Republic Day in Dehradun. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir

Capital merger
Dehradun, January 27
 The government is quietly working on forming a regional authority by merging the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority, Special Area Development Authority and Haridwar Development Authority to eliminate the potential haphazard development of Dehradun and Haridwar districts.

Forest dept plans to promote fibre wealth
Dehradun, January 27
Since the United Nations has declared the year 2009 as a ‘Year of Natural Fibres’, the Uttarakhand forest authorities has asked the commissioner forest and rural development for convening a meeting of the stakeholders related to natural fibres.
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